A tier two building main contractor who have experienced growth year on year. This has been achieved by obtaining a place on numerous frameworks. These have included, national government, education and more recently within healthcare. It is following this increase in workload, that they are now looking to expand and employ a contracts manager for their South East business unit.

The Role

Based out of their central London office, the contracts manager will play a key role in the growth and more importantly, the delivery of several frameworks, most notably in Healthcare. The Contracts Manager will lead a team of project and site managers ensuring multiple sites are delivered on time, to budget with zero defect. They will also ensure that all the necessary H&S criteria is met. Projects vary in size from £500,000 to £5,000,000 and are in London and the home counties. Together with leading a team, the contracts manager will support the General Manager, take responsibility for P&L and oversee the pre-construction phase of the projects and the contract negotiations.

The Individual

The Contracts Manager must be able to demonstrate longevity in previous roles which must include having worked for a tier one, tier two or a fit-out contractor. They will be comfortable in managing a team and leading frameworks in their entirety. They will also have all the necessary qualifications and skills to perform the role and be client facing. Ideally the contracts manager will have previous healthcare experience and have managed projects in this sector either having worked on private or public hospitals.

The Opportunity

As well as attracting a good package, the successful candidate will be given the opportunity to lead and grow a team and really take a senior leadership role in the South East business. The company have a flat structure and pretty much zero company politics, ensuring the managers in the business are free to carry out their role with little interference. There are no strict rules on hours or where the staff must be, instead they are treated with respect so long as the work is completed correctly.